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Security report for armedforcescovenant.gov.uk

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Medium risk. 5 critical or high findings in Security headers and GDPR outside view.

Security score

66/100

Risk levelMedium

0–100, higher is better. How it is calculated

The website www.armedforcescovenant.gov.uk appears to be a government-related site focused on the Armed Forces Covenant. However, the WHOIS data is unavailable, and the website content is inaccessible or blocked, likely due to a Web Application Firewall or other security mechanisms. The site loads external scripts from Google and Facebook, including reCAPTCHA and Facebook Pixel, indicating some level of user interaction and tracking, but no meaningful content or metadata is accessible for analysis. Due to the lack of accessible content and WHOIS data, a comprehensive assessment of the business, technical infrastructure, and security posture is not possible. The site appears safe with no adult or explicit content detected, but the lack of transparency and contact information limits trust and credibility assessment.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
53/ 100 · Medium
Checks completed
7of 7

NIS2 Art. 21(2)

  1. (a) Risk analysis and security policies: Not visible from outside
  2. (b) Incident handling: One indicator
  3. (c) Business continuity, backups and crisis management: Not visible from outside
  4. (d) Supply chain security: Not visible from outside
  5. (e) Secure acquisition, development and maintenance, including vulnerability handling: Partly checked
  6. (f) Assessing the effectiveness of security measures: Not visible from outside
  7. (g) Cyber hygiene and security training: Not visible from outside
  8. (h) Cryptography and encryption: Partly checked
  9. (i) HR security, access control and asset management: One indicator
  10. (j) Multi-factor authentication and secured communications: Not visible from outside

This scan rated NIS2 with an earlier keyword method that is no longer shown; rescan for the per-article view. Risk management, continuity, supply chain, training, MFA, management oversight (Art. 20) and incident reporting (Art. 23) need internal evidence, and Guard cannot tell whether NIS2 applies to this organisation.

GDPR is indicative only, based on publicly visible signals: Articles 7, 12, 13 and 32 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and Article 5(3) of the ePrivacy Directive. Not a certification or legal assessment.

Priority findings

5 findings rated critical or high. Fix these first.

  1. Security headers

    Security headers are instructions your web server sends to every visitor’s browser. Missing ones leave visitors more exposed to attacks such as clickjacking and injected scripts.

    • High

      Missing Strict-Transport-Security header

      Forces HTTPS connections

      What to do: Add "Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains; preload"

      • CWE-319
      • OWASP A04:2025
      • ASVS V3.4.1
    • High

      Missing X-Frame-Options header

      Prevents clickjacking attacks

      What to do: Add "X-Frame-Options: DENY" or "X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN"

    • High

      Missing Content-Security-Policy header

      Controls resources the browser is allowed to load

      What to do: Implement a Content-Security-Policy appropriate for your application

      • ASVS V3.4.3
      • OWASP Secure Headers: OWASP Secure Headers Project recommends Content-Security-Policy: default-src 'self'; form-action 'self'; base-uri 'self'; object-src 'none';…

  2. GDPR outside view

    These are the privacy signals visitors and data protection authorities look for under GDPR.

    • High

      No Cookie Policy found

      GDPR requires clear information about cookie usage

      What to do: Add a dedicated cookie policy explaining cookie usage and purposes

    • High

      No Cookie Consent Banner found

      GDPR requires explicit consent for non-essential cookies

      What to do: Implement a cookie consent banner that appears on first visit

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Results by check

Each check with its score, findings and the evidence it collected.

How this score is calculated

The security score runs 0–100, higher is better. It is the plain average of the security checks that completed in this scan, each counted equally. A check that could not run is left out: it counts neither as a pass nor as a fail.

Counted in this score

SSL/TLS
90
Security headers
15
Email security
65
DNS health
70
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
53
Average
66

Not counted

  • NIS2 outside view: Re-weights evidence from the TLS, email, DNS, network and hygiene checks, so counting it would count that evidence twice. Shown on its own.
  • OffSeq Observations: An AI reading of the site, useful context but not reproducible evidence. Shown on its own.

Findings that cap the score at 49

Each of these is serious on its own, so while any is present the site cannot rate better than high risk, however good the other checks are.

  • The certificate is not trusted by browsers
  • The website is not served over HTTPS
  • A database, remote desktop, file-sharing or Telnet service is reachable from the internet
  • The page loads a script from a compromised source
  • The domain registration has expired
  • SPF authorises every server to send mail as the domain

Partial scans

When the site blocks Guard or most checks cannot run, the score covers only the checks that ran (usually DNS and email), is capped at 75 and is shown as partial, without a risk level.

Risk levels

  • Critical0–25
  • High26–49
  • Medium50–75
  • Low76–100

Technical appendix

Business context, site observations and technical notes gathered during the scan, and the standards behind each reference.

Business context

Business profile

Due to the absence of accessible content and WHOIS data, detailed business intelligence cannot be derived. The domain is likely government-owned or affiliated, given the domain name and external script usage, but no explicit business model, market positioning, or partnership information is available. No contact details, certifications, or trust indicators are present in the accessible content.

Security posture

The security posture cannot be fully evaluated due to blocked content and missing WHOIS data. The presence of HTTPS is implied by the URL, and external security-related scripts like Google reCAPTCHA are used. However, no security headers or policies are visible in the provided data. The site likely employs a WAF or similar protection, which restricts content access and WHOIS information, complicating security analysis. No vulnerabilities or incident response information is available.

Recommendations

  1. Engage with domain registrar or hosting provider to resolve WHOIS data availability issues for transparency.
  2. Ensure privacy, cookie, and terms of service policies are publicly accessible and clearly linked.
  3. Provide clear contact information including emails and phone numbers for user support and incident response.
  4. Review WAF or security settings to allow legitimate crawlers and analysts to access site metadata and WHOIS data.
  5. Implement and publish a vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file to improve security posture and trust.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Generic detected. WHOIS data is null and raw WHOIS output is empty. The HTML content is truncated and contains many external scripts from Google and Facebook, but no meaningful content or metadata is present. This suggests the site content is blocked or inaccessible, possibly due to a WAF or security mechanism. These observations may be incomplete. For a fuller analysis, contact guard@offseq.com.

Business

Technology

Analytics and tracking

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Facebook Pixel
Marketing tools
Facebook Pixel, Google reCAPTCHA

Site quality

Key observations

  1. WHOIS data unavailable or blocked
  2. Website content inaccessible or truncated
  3. No privacy, cookie, or terms of service policies detected
  4. No contact information found
  5. External scripts from Google and Facebook detected
  6. Presence of Facebook Pixel and Google reCAPTCHA scripts
  7. No business or security policy information available
  8. No forms or data collection fields detected
  9. No structured data or metadata found
  10. Site likely protected by a WAF or security mechanism blocking content
Technical notes

Notes

The technical infrastructure includes use of modern external libraries such as Google reCAPTCHA and Facebook Pixel for security and marketing purposes. The site loads Font Awesome Pro fonts for iconography. However, the core website content is inaccessible or truncated, preventing analysis of CMS, hosting provider, or performance metrics. The site likely uses a CMS or custom platform but this cannot be confirmed. Mobile optimization, accessibility, and SEO cannot be assessed due to blocked content.
Standards and sources

Reference chips under each finding point to the standard, regulation or specification the finding relates to. They are taken from the official datasets below and mapped conservatively: a finding with no defensible link shows none. NIS2 and GDPR references mark where a finding is relevant evidence, not a compliance verdict. Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2690 binds digital infrastructure and digital service providers; for other entities it is the most detailed public reading of the Article 21 measures. WCAG, EN 301 549, European Accessibility Act and Web Accessibility Directive references name the requirement an automated accessibility rule relates to; they are not a conformance verdict.

Retrieved 2026-10-25

Earlier scans of this domain

  1. 68/100Medium31 findingsView report
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